Shikoku Paint Co., Ltd.

October 1957: Mr. Mitsuo Konzawa founded the company in Osaka City, specializing in vehicle machinery painting

May 1955: Renamed and reorganized as Sankyo Paint Industrial Co., Ltd. in Kajiya Town, Osaka

July 1970: Opened the Shikoku branch office of Sankyo Paint Industrial Co., Ltd. in response to a client’s expansion into Shikoku

August 1973: Became independent from parent company Sankyo Paint Industrial Co., Ltd. and began operating a curing paint factory

December 1978: Established Shikoku Paint Co., Ltd. in Iiyama Town, Ayauta District, Kagawa Prefecture (now Murokame City, Iiyama Town) with a capital of 3.2 million yen

April 1980: Relocated headquarters and factory to the current address in Kawanishi-cho, Murokame City, with a capital of 6 million yen and commenced operations

February 1983: Started business with Mitsubishi Electric Corporation’s Murokame Plant

May 1983: Introduced water quality treatment equipment (Kagawa No. 84) to address factory wastewater issues, increasing capital to 10 million yen

November 1988: Received a quality excellence award from Mitsubishi Electric Corporation’s Murokame Plant

December 1988: Capital increased to 15 million yen

1953, January: Established the Ironworks Department and began sales of thick plate welding and thin plate metal stamping

1954, February: Capital increased to 20 million yen

September: Fully automated pre-treatment equipment completed

1955, August: Began sales of screen printing processing

1956, September: Automatic small parts painting line completed for unmanned painting line

1957, October: Established the Ironworks Department as a separate entity on the headquarters plant site and founded Ryuo Metal Co., Ltd. with a capital of 10 million yen

1958, March: Large automatic painting line completed

1990, December: New plant of Ryuo Metal Co., Ltd. completed and relocated. Introduced laser processing machine and press brake

1991, March: Company park (Fujimien) of 370 tsubo completed as a relaxation space for employees

1992, October: Awarded the Excellent Award by the Kagawa Labor Accident Prevention Organization Liaison Council

1994, September: Capital of Ryuo Metal Co., Ltd. increased to 15 million yen

2000, April: Became a Japan Zeon authorized dealer, established the merged wastewater tank sales division, and began operations

2001, January: Capital of Shikoku Painting Industry Co., Ltd. increased to 50 million yen

June: Kation-type electrostatic painting equipment completed

2003, July: Merged wastewater tank sales division became independent and founded Bright Ltd. in Saikawa City, Taemizu Town with a capital of 3 million yen

2004, January: Introduced laser processing machine (ML3015LVP-30PC10LⅢ)

2005, February: Started overseas procurement (Taiwan)

2006, February: Introduced foreign trainee and technical intern training system

December: Introduced HDS1703NT, 1303NT, and ASIS100BGM toward networking of sheet metal processing

2007, March: Capital of Ryuo Metal Co., Ltd. increased to 45 million yen

May: Started overseas procurement (China) and began efforts toward JIT production activities.

January 2007: Completed the new headquarters of Ryuo Metal Co., Ltd., leading to a major change in production layout.

July: Established Kasuga Co., Ltd. in Kamikawa City, Kawanishi-cho Kita with a capital of 6 million yen, by separating domestic and overseas procurement departments.

June 2008: Introduced punch processing machine (EMZ3610NT).

August: Completed the employee dormitory "RiverSide Wakaba."

December: Introduced HDS1703NT.

February 2009: Established cooperative Effort Kagawa (started cooperative material purchasing).

April 2011: Shikoku Painting Industry Co., Ltd. 40th anniversary ceremony.

June: Completed semi-automatic painting line.

June 2012: Introduced punch-laser composite processing machine (EML3510NTP).

December 2013: Completed automatic electrostatic painting line.

June 2015: Introduced HG-1703.

April 2017: Completed Kasuga Hōraku Factory (electroplating painting line).

March 2019: Completed new sheet metal factory.

October 2020: Acquired 20,561㎡ of prefectural land in Ban-no-shū-cho, Sakado City.

January 2023: Moved headquarters to new office.

March: Completed Ryuo Metal Co., Ltd. Sakado Factory.

June: Shikoku Painting Industry Co., Ltd. 50th anniversary ceremony.